Oil-cup



(No Model!) T. D. RUGGLES.

DIL OUP.

No. 317,580. Patented May 12, l885.

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OIL-CUP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 317,580, dated May12,'1885.

Application filed March 30, 1885.

T0 @ZZ whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, THoMAs D. RUcGLEs, of Kent, in the county of Portageand State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inOil-Cups, of which the following is a specification. 4

This invention relates to the peculiar construction and combination ofthe parts com` posing my oil-cup, as hereinafter fully described andclaimed. y

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section of my newoil-cup. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the same. Figs. 3 and 4 aredetached views of the two oil-holding cylinders.

A is a metal base, having a neck, a., for attaching it to the part to belubricated. Said base is round at the ends, and has a flange, a',adapted to receive two cylindrical openended glass Vessels, B C, ofpeculiar shape, as hereinafter shown.

D is a metal cap-piece of thesame form and construction as the base A,and has a iiange for receiving the upper ends ofthe said cylindricalvessels. The said base and cap are secured together by two bolts, E E,which iirmly hold all the parts together, and apackingpiece, F, isplaced in both the base and cap, against which the ends of the glassvessels bear to insure a tight joint. The cap D has an open neck, d,provided with a screw-stopper, G, having a flexible gasket, g, to make atight joint.

The glass vessels B C form two chambers, one of which, C, has adepression in its side, in which rests a corresponding projection on theside of the vessel B. This makes the capacity of B somewhat greater thanC. The said projection also provides for bringing the opening a2 in theneck a in communication with the said chamber B.

The neck d communicates with the interior of the chamber B by anopening, Zi.

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The chamber B is for holding the oil, and the chamber C is for holdingtallow.

The chamber O connects with an opening, a2, in neck a by a diagonalbranch opening, c.

A vent, c, is made through the wall of the neck d of cap D, which iscovered by the fla-nge of the stopper G, but which may be left open oropened by turning the stopper around to bring a hole through itsIiangein line with said vent e.

From the foregoing it will be seen that this is a double oil-cup, oneside holding oil and the other holding tallow, and both feeding onto thesame journal. 'Ihe object of this is that in case the journal shouldheat from any cause the tallow begins to feed, thus reducing thefriction and cooling the journal. The chambers B and C being of glassalso enables their contents to be seen.

Having described my invention, I claim* 1. The combination, in anoil-cup, of transparent or glass chambers, the chamber C, having alongitudinal side depression, and the chamber B, havinga longitudinalside projection resting in the said depression, as shown and described,and for the purpose specified.

2. In an oil-cup composed of two or more transparent or glass chambers,B C, one of which chambers projects into the side of the other, thecombination therewith of a base, A, provided with neck ci and flange aI,and having opening a?, communicating with chamber B, and opening c,communicating with chamber C, and the cap D, having open neck d,provided with stopper G and vent e, the neck d cornmunicating withchamber B, said cap and base provided with packing F, and all securedtogether with bolts E E, substantially as described.

THOMAS D. RUGGLES.

Witnesses: A

A. H. MAGAW, A. D. CLARK.

